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1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
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A 1921 washing machine demonstration.
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The 1920s were an exciting time for the department of home economics.
The department’s rapid growth called for construction of a Home
Economics Building (now Matthews Hall), which opened in 1922. It boasted
laboratories for teaching foods, clothing, dietetics, food chemistry,
and textile chemistry. It also featured a cafeteria to serve as a
laboratory for home economics students and an auditorium with seating
for 300. In 1923, a plan of study was announced for juniors and seniors
in home economics and included options for homemakers and teachers,
dietitians and nutrition specialists, clothing specialists, and teachers
of institution economics. In 1926, the department separated from the
School of Science to become the School of Home Economics and department
head Mary Matthews was named its dean. Two years later, physical improvements
included playground equipment for the nursery school, a laundry for
the household management courses, and a research laboratory/animal
experimental room (known as the "rat lab") for nutrition classes.
Timeline
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1920
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Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right
to vote
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1921
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Virginia C. Meredith named first woman on
Purdue’s Board of Trustees
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1922
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Edward C. Elliott appointed Purdue president
(1922-1945)
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1924
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Purdue Memorial Union opened
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1927
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The first "talking" motion picture, The
Jazz Singer, is released
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1929
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Stock market crashes on Black Thursday
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Statistics (1925-26)
Purdue enrollment: 3,202
Home Economics enrollment: 320
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